SOLUTION: Of the 40 plays attributed to a playwright, 12 are comedies, 13 are tragedies, and 15 are histories. If one play is selected at random find the odds against selecting a tragedy.

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Question 852839: Of the 40 plays attributed to a playwright, 12 are comedies, 13 are tragedies, and 15 are histories. If one play is selected at random find the odds against selecting a tragedy.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
plays: 12 comedies, 13 tragedies, and 15 histories
If one play is selected at random:
P(not selecting a tragedy) = 27/40
odds against selecting a tragedy are: 27:13

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